Drain tile



F. BERARDI.

DRAIN TILE.

APPLICATION min SEPT. 29. 192|.

1,41 3,380. Patented Apple, 1922.

. To @ZZ-whom t may concern it known that I, FnANiigBrinARD'i, a'

citizen of the United States, residing at Littleilver, in vthecounty oth/ionmouthVV and State of New Jersey, have invented .certainnew and vu seiul ml'irorements in:

3 Drain Tiles; andl do declare the following to be a iull, clear, and exact the invention, such as Will enablev others` 4:skilled .inthe art to which itappertainsrtomalte and use the same."

This inventionv relates to an improved drain tile .to l'iejusedinV conduits which areto be 5.

l, Another objeCiQf .the inyention isfto pro employed for con# veyln waste materials fromfaggiven point 1 to a suitable vpla'c'epo'f deposit, the tilesjbejing preferably/laid underthef'ground. 1 Y One ot the.v principalobjects oithe in- L@ vention is to provide an improved tilexxvhich 1; is, i n tl e forni substantially "hasn portioino )bottom whieh-extends beyondj-on e{endio;..

' -that the,,1.r1ts1msd1efe nl@ byl the. numeral 1 Whilefthe .-f-flsisnatefd bythe their Th-dsrsn.- 11i-.numbering the va? Aof a Qcasting .CL includes a Aits' openfsn -yide Vaf tile emloodying the aforesaid con-VL serves toenable the tiles to be quickly construction, the .the-e .\:tendedl part servmg'as a' guideivlnch t nected togetherrand serves toV positionall of the tiles incorrect alinement so as not tolnnder the ilow .of the Waste material or Y ended semi-'cylindrical liquid.V f

A nother object of the invention is to make the aforesaid'bottoms of the tilessuinciently Wide so Vas to provideW anchoring flanges so that When dirt is thrown on top of said flanges, there Will be littleor no. chance of the tiles becoming' relatively displaced.

A further object or" the invention is to provide tiles of this class Whichare such in construction that it is not altogether necessary to employ concrete and the like Lfor ljoining the various tiles together, in

Vview of the fact that .the extension of one tile forms a portion of the bottom of the adjoining tile and the dirt thrown on top of the tiles servesl 'to connect the same sulticiently tightly together to overcome lealiage. y

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be' apparent during thev course of the following description.4

In the accompanying drawings forming DRAIN TILE f 1 v1iSpearman@ of Letters raten@ r Application fledSieptember 29,1921..

l parts throughout the same:

Yber of my improved description oi w ,andjlil respectively :of lFig. 2. ythe formation of Ot the k tiles bottom Abeing flatfaced and,V

' .numera tailed d'escription;` it

NEW JERSEY-I i i;

. *Patented Apr-,18, ieee. serial No. 504,046. f 1 's a part of this: specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate likeV Figurefl isan elevational view of a num- 60 tiles connected together to form a conduit. g

.FigureQ isa ycentral longitudinalsectional viewfon an enlarged scale, takenthrough several of vthe tiles.` i I iiguresiand 4 yare sectional views taken Y substantially on theplanes of the lines;3 -.-3 Y

yfFl'gnre aside;elevational vieiv'ofloneffj 15"; fifi 'Y .l seetionalview taken' l o irthe' s Figure 6 isla .rions tiles hasjbeen selectedin YView` oli-,the Y f factthatthe `intermediate tiles bearingthe Se l are-[alldnplicatesavhile,thetxvo "f end most .tiles Aare 'necessarilyY con st rn'ctedj V slightly difle rent.Proceedingl with thede'-V4 n jis to be stated thateaoh A oftheintermediate .tile's jcomprises anv `openf 9opart 4 'which has 0f its Oren side closed by a .substantially rectangularfiat? faced bottom wvhichis Lcast integral with the part 4l" It is to'be noted that the bottom 5 is sufhciently Wide to extend beyond the sides of the part 4,' thus providing anchoring flanges ivhich serve a purpose to be hereinafter described.I It is also to be noted that the portion7 of this bottom-5 extends beyond one end of the part 4 and provides what may be conveniently termed a guide Whichvv assists in enabling the varioustiles to. be quickly'engaged'with one another and insures proper alinement so that the free liow 105 of liquid or the llike through the conduit will Y not be hindered by any irregularities. lt is to be stated here Vthat the extension 7 in addi- Y tion to providing a guide for accomplishing the above end, this part of the bottom serves l'lo to close the open side portion of the adjoin- Y ing tile when the conduitis'completed and approximately one-half serves toolose the open bottom or ofY such tiles.

portion is slightly longer than the correspond 1 ing portions of the intermediate tiles. HOW ever, the extended portion of the adjoiningtile side of this end tile. The remaining end tile, numl-berv 3, is provided with the extended bottom and this bottom completely covers the entire open side of the cylindrical body portion as clearly seen in Fig. l. Inasmucli as other formations of end tiles may be employed, no

particular emphasis is laid on the formation On theother hand, the formation of the central orintermediate tiles is o'fparticular value and the specific construc- V tion thereof -is highly ldesirable and praclrforth and this extended poition tical and for this reason, particular emphaon the rfoi'iiiation of such tiles. The ,same reference characters are employed on 'the corresponding parts of the the same parts of the though the size of end tilesas appear on intermediate tiles even suoli parts vary slightly,

UBy' carefully rconsideringthe drawings it willl be seen that in order toformafconduit from my improved tile, the'usual .ditch is dug and the sections or tiles are so laid that the openV ends abut on'e another in the usual Way. However,

of 'the'b'ottom of the adjoining tile as set serves to permit the tiles to be guided into engage- Vment and various tiles and at all times holds the adassures proper alinement of the joining ends of .the tiles'together and prevents sagging at the pointjof connection of the tiles. I have found that it is not al- Vtogether essential to 'make use of cement in joining the tiles as surrounding the same holds 'them tightly totheweight of the dirt theextended guide `portion *7 of the bottom of one tile'forms a portion gethei in a substantially leak proof manner. If, however, it iis desired to employ cement, this can, of course, be done. Inasmuch as the bottoms of the tiles are sufficiently Wide to provide the aforesaid anchoring flanges, it will be seen that when the dirt is thrown on top of these anges, relative displacement of :the tiles will-be prevented to a great extent.

Since probably the lbest results may-beobtained with the construction and arrangement herein shown and described, this is taken as the preferred embodinient of the invention. However, l wishit to be understood that minor changes coming within vthe scope 0f the subjoined claims may be resorted to if desired. Y

I claim:

. l. A conduit formed of a' pluralityfof detachable sections, each' of saidfsections in- 'saidparh serving as an means for guiding the tiles into engagementivith one another.V

3. Avtile of the classdescribed coi'nprising a semi-cylindrical body substantially rectangular part which is of a Width to extend beyond the sides of said body and provide anchoring Eflanges. said lrain tile comprising an open end having a portion of, its bottom 4closed by an integral flat-faced flat-faced part' also 'extending beyond one end of the body and constituting .a 'guide and serving as a part of the bottom of the adjoining tile when in position for use.

In testimony whereof I 4have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK BERARDI. 

